Lamp-door-securing means.



C. E. GODLEY.

LAMP DOOR SECURING MEANS. APPLICATION FILED FEB-'4. 1916.

Patented Oct. 24,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- To all whom it may concern UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEW YORK.

CHARLES E. GODLEY, 015 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO EDMUNIDS & J ONES CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y., A CORPORATION OF LAMP-DOOR-SECURING MEANS.

- Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

Application filed February 4, 1916. Serial No. 76,087.

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. GODLEY,

a citizen of the United States, and resid-' ing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new-and Improved Lamp-Door-Securing Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for securing the lens-rings or other door-frames of vehicle and other lamps to the bodies or 'casings thereof, and its object is to provide resilient lamp*do0r securing means which will hold the door closed and effectively prevent the door-from rattling. 7

This invention consists in the combination of a lamp body having a door casing comprising a novel inwardly and forwardly extending flange, a door frame adapted to fit -against the door casing, and novel resilient means mounted on the door frame and adapted to engage the inner side of said flange to-hold the door against the casing.

In the accompanying drawin Figure 1 is an elevation of alamp provide( with a door that is shown in section, the improved doorsecuring means being shown in proper POSI- tion. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the doorsecuring means of the structure shown in F ig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a modified form of door-securing means. Fig. 4 1s a central vertical section of the door and the of Fig.4,

door casing of a slightly modified form of lamp. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 Similar reference characters refer to like.

parts throughout the several views.

The lamp shown in the drawing comprises a body 1, head 2 and font 3. Secured to "the body is a leaf 4 of a door hinge, the leaf 5 being secured to the lens-ring 6 of the door, and to the leaf 4: by means of a pintle 7. A lens 8 is held in position in the lens-ring by means of a spring ring 9 of well known construction. The lens-ring will be hereafter termed the frame of the door. Its in-' circular door'casin'g and consists of a flat"- ing portion 13 to which. the leaf 4of the hinge is secured, a ledge 14 against which the bead 11 may rest, and an inwardly and forwardl-v extending flange 15. The bead 11 of the door frame fits around this flange and against this ledge and the door is therefore properly positioned by this door casing. A thumb piece 16 may be secured to the door frame so that the door maybe swung away from the casing.

To secure the door to the casing, a ring 17 of spring wire is secured to the door frame yust within the head 11, preferably by bits of solder 18, or by spot welding. A portion 19 of this ring opposite the thumb piece is bent away from the bead 11 in order that it may be free to move, and is then bent inwardly, rearwardly [and then both inwardly and rearwardly so that the hook 20 is formed intermediate the ends of this free portion 1 When the door is swung up to the position shown in Ij ig. 1, the inclined end of the hook engages under the'flange 15 and is depressed positiongthe hook will firmly hold the door against the casing. Considerable force is required to swing the door away from the body. i

When no hinge between the body and door is employed, the s ring 24 may be formed with a number of ooks 25,'three preferred, of the same ty e as the book 20 just described- 'The' t umb-piece 16 is secured to hooks to assist'in detaching the door.', This spring 24 may also be attached to the door the door, if desired, adjacent one of the by means of spots 26 of solder or by spot Welding. While the spring 17 is shown to be a complete ring, the portions beyond the spots 18 of solder adjacent the parts 19 may be omitted, although the entire ring is preferred as it is much stiffer than a shorter piece of the same metal.

. It will be apparent that th'e details of the is, that the spring may be mounted on a properly designed casing and that the retaining members of this spring may engage door casing and frame can be reversed, that v a flange on the door frame. In Figs. 4 and y 5., the flaring portion 13 of'the lamp body terminates in a head 30, similar to the bead 11 on the door frame, and this bead 30 may be considered to be a door casing. .The lensring 6 may be hinged to this casing and its lens 8 may be secured in position by the spring ring 9.

The rear or outer edge of the door frame extends inwardly and rearwardly' in the form of a flange 31. A spring 32 in the form of a wire ring may be secured at in tervals within the flaring portion 13 of the body by bits 33 of solder, and this spring may have free portions 34: that oin in forming the hooks35 which are similar in their action to the spring hooks 20 previously de scribed, and as stated before, these hooks may be as numerous as desired.

The details and proportions of this construction may be modified by those skilled in the lamp art without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim l. Lamp door securing means consisting of a ring of spring wire secured to the door at separated points, a hook being formed on the wire intermediate these points and adapted to be forced radially inward under a flange on the body of the lamp.

2. In a. lamp, the combination of a body having a circular ledge and an. inwardly and forwardly extending flange, a door frame hinged to said body and having an external edge fitting against the ledge and around said flange, and a resilient spring secured to said frame at spaced points and formed into a rearwardly projecting hook between said points which hook is adapted to be forced in below said flange, said hook having a substantially radial shoulder adapted to engage back of said ledge.

3. In a lamp, the combination of a body having a circular ledge andan inwardly and forwardly extendlng flange, a door having an external edge fitting against the ledge and around the flange, and a resilient spring ring secured at intervals to said door and formed into rearwardly pro3ect1ng hooks which are adapted to be forced in against the inner face of said flange, said hooks having substantially radial shoulders adapted to engage back of said ledge.

4. In a lamp, the combination of a body having a circular opening, an inwardly extending ledge and a forwardly and inwardly extending flange at the inner edgev of the ledge, a door frame having its outer edge in the form of a bead adapted to fit around said flange in engagement with the ledge, and a resilient hook mounted on the door and adapted to engage the flange and ledge and thereby secure the door to said body.

5. In a lamp, the combination of a body having a circular opening, an inwardly extending ledge and a forwardly and inwardly extending flange at the inner edge of the lodge, a door frame having its outer edge in the form of a. bead adapted to fit around said flange in engagement with the ledge, and a resilient wire ring secured to the inner side of said door frame at intervals and formed with a hook to engage the ledge to hold the door in position.

(3. In a lamp, the combination of a body having a circular opening, an inwardly extending ledge and a forwardly and inwardly extending flange at the inner edge of the lodge, a door frame having its outer edge in the form of a bead adapted to fit around said flange in engagement with the ledge, and a resilient wire ring secured to the inner side of said door frame at intervals and formed with a series of hooks to engage the ledge to hold the door in position. i

7. In a lamp, the combination of a body ha ring a circular opening and a door casing surrounding said opening, a door to fit the casing one of said members having a flange extending into the other member which fits around said flange, and a resilient wire ring secured to the inner side of the external member at intervals and formed with a hook movable axially of the opening in the body to engage back of said flange and to hold the door in position.

8. In a lamp, the combination of a body having a circular opening and a member surrounding said opening, a door comprisin g a lens and a member supporting the lens, one of said members being formed with a flange extending into the other, and a ring of spring wire secured to the exterior member and having a hook formed thereon adapted to be forced axially of the opening in the body under said flange to hold the door in position on the body.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

CHARLES E. GODLEY. 

